Updates from Rhode Island PBS Education Services

Teacher Appreciation Week

One of our favorite weeks is rapidly approaching - Teachers, we appreciate you and love to celebrate you! This year, coffee is on us.

Sign up here to receive a free coffee gift card (limited offer, while supplies last)! Forward this email to a colleague to share the love. Gift cards will be emailed on Teacher Appreciation Day, Tuesday, May 9.

All form submissions will also be entered into a drawing to win a Presto Strange O Coffee Truck visit to your school - Free coffee for you and your colleagues!

Thank you for all that you do!

Professional Development Opportunities

PBS LearningMedia Mental Health Resources Workshop

Join us for an exploration of PBS LearningMedia Mental Health resources to use with students and within your own professional development.

This workshop is made possible with the generous support of

Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare's Shipwreck on PBS LearningMedia

Presented in collaboration with producer, Andrew Giles Buckley, and educator, Christina O'Brien, join us for an introduction of Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare's Shipwreck on PBS LearningMedia and best practices for using the resources in the classroom.

Professional Development Request Form

Rhode Island PBS Education Services is a RIDE: Educator Course Network and Center for Early Learning Professionals approved provider of PK-12 professional development with options available in both English and Spanish. In addition to providing opportunities for PD credit hours, we also supply the necessary materials and resources for future success in your educational endeavors.

Complete this form to request a free session for your group or organization.

Educational Resources

Aldabra Giant

Tortoise

American Burying Beetle

Hyacinth

Macaw

Explore these three new resources from Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare's Shipwreck, which explore a possible connection between a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest and one of the passengers on the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins. These resources bridge ELA and history, inviting students to analyze literature and create poetry, while also emphasizing what was occurring historically in the 17th century. (Grades 9-12)

Art Imitates Life

Art Informs Perception

Starving Time

Student Engagement 

2023 Reading Across RI Virtual Author Visit

Join us for a virtual, live author event for high school educators and students with Sara Nović, author of True Biz on Thursday, April 27 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.!

Visit ribook.org/rari to learn more about the evening in-person event with Sara Nović at Rhode Island School for the Deaf.

2023 Kids Reading Across RI Kick-Off

The 2023 Kids Reading Across Rhode Island selection is The Aquanaut, by Dan Santat! The in-person Kick-Off is Saturday, May 13th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Rhode Island State House, where each family will receive a free copy of the book, have the chance to meet the author and enjoy hands-on activities with Rhode Island public libraries and organizations.

Find more information on KRARI and the 2023 Kick-Off event here.

Rhode Island High School Journalism Day

Friday, May 19th from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Presented in collaboration with the Rhode Island Press Association, learn more about journalism from professionals in the field and why it's important to engage with it! This free, virtual event will have two panel choices each hour, running about 45 minutes. Find more information about the event here.

Local Connections 

Dr. Suzanne Costa, Barrington High School Library Media Specialist, is the first Rhode Island educator to complete the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification! We are very excited for Suzanne to lead the way for other educators in Rhode Island to integrate essential media literacy skills throughout the curriculum.

Interested in the certification? Click here for more information, and keep an eye out for the 2023-2024 Rhode Island PBS cohort registration.

Aria B, CAMP TV Rhode Island Student Representative, with Colleen Kenyon, Manager of Education Services, Kate Lentz, Rhode Island Center for the Book Director, and Sarah Trudeau, Education Services Associate.

CAMP TV Student Reader Contest Finalists

CAMP TV Student Reader winner and finalists.

What to Watch On Demand

Watch anytime, anywhere with watch.ripbs.org! Full episodes and individual segments are both available for easy use in the classroom.

Animal Talk

"Wild Bird Rehabilitation"

Animal Talk provides tips about adoption, health, training, and all the important considerations that come with owning a pet, as well as exploring the importance of animal shelters and the abundance of opportunities for pet adoptions. In this segment, host Karen Kalunian talks with Pamela Hood of Sweet Binks Rescue about the process of wild bird rehabilitation and releasing it back into the wild.

ART inc

"Acorns to Becorns"



ART inc. pulls back the curtain on the process and the product, and explores the full possibility of the arts. In this segment, after leaving his job as a toy designer for LEGO, David M. Bird wondered how he would feed his passion for developing interesting characters and storylines until he found his inspiration in a pile of sticks. Becorns are woodland creatures crafted from acorns, pine cones, and other natural materials, then photographed in nature with birds, squirrels, chipmunks, and other wildlife.

Rhode Island PBS Weekly

"Language Deprivation"

Rhode Island PBS Weekly is a newsmagazine featuring in-depth, well-researched stories that go beyond the headlines. In this segment, Pamela Watts takes an in-depth look at the complicated path parents must navigate to help their deaf children, and how language deprivation can cause children to fall behind.

Did you join us for the Reading Across Rhode Island Evening for Educators and Book Discussion Leaders? Here is the long anticipated segment that Rhode Island PBS Weekly Producer, Isabella Jibilian, previewed during the event!

Watch WSBE Rhode Island PBS over the air on digital 36.1, Cox 08/1008HD | Verizon FiOS 08/508HD | Full Channel 08 | Comcast 819HD | Verizon FiOS 18/518HD in MA | DirecTV 36 | Dish Network 36. You can also watch online on ripbs.org/stream.